Rhabdomys pumilio
(Sparrman, 1784)
Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Muridae |
Subfamily | : Murinae |
Tribe | : Arvicanthini |
Genus | : Rhabdomys |
Species status
Authority citation
K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 236
Original name as described
Mus pumilio
Other common names
Four-striped Field Mouse · Four-striped Grass Mouse · Four-striped Grass Rat · Xeric Four-striped Rhabdomys
Type locality
Slangrivier, Tsitsikamma Forest, east of Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa
Taxonomy notes
previously included R. intermedius and R. bechuanae; the synonym listing for this species and all Rhabdomys is tentative and needs to be further assessed
Taxonomy notes citation
du Toit, N., van Vuuren, B.J., Matthee, S., Matthee, C.A. 2012. Biome specificity of distinct genetic lineages within the four-dtriped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 75-86.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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